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BBC Newsnight: Chinese Influence in Zambia (Part 2)
January 5, 2010 | No Comment
BBC Newsnight: Chinese Influence in Zambia (Part 2)

One of the central questions to consider when watching this BBC Newsnight report on China’s growing influence in Zambia is how Beijing’s insatiable need for natural resources will clash with China’s instinctive policy of non-interference …

BBC Newsnight: Chinese Influence in Zambia (Part 1)
January 5, 2010 | One Comment
BBC Newsnight: Chinese Influence in Zambia (Part 1)

The BBC appears to be the only major international media company that recognizes the tremendous geopolitical changes going on across Africa and the developing world at large.  In this two-part series, the BBC’s flagship evening …

Oprah’s Interview with Chen Luyu on the Media in China
January 5, 2010 | No Comment
Oprah’s Interview with Chen Luyu on the Media in China

It is hard to overstate Oprah Winfrey’s cultural influence in the United States.  She is widely regarded as a critically important cultural weather vane.  Few other broadcasters in the USA have an audience as large …